The Paris Summer Olympics are coming up in about a year-and-a-half, and I figured it couldn’t hurt to begin a list now and continue to add to it.
You might also be interested in my “Best” lists about previous Olympic games:
A Beginning List For Learning About The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics
A Beginning List For Learning About The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics
The Best Resources On The 2016 Rio Olympics
The Best Sites For Learning About The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games
The Best Sites For Learning About The London 2012 Olympics
The Best Sites To Learn About The Vancouver Winter Olympics
The Best Sites To Teach & Learn About The Olympics
Here’s what I have so far:
Here’s the official website for the Paris Olympics, and here are some education resources.
Check out the first post I wrote for The New York Times — focusing on the Olympics. It was written during the London games, but many of the ELL activities are still applicable.
The BBC’s Primary History site on the ancient Greek Olympics is very good.
50 stunning Olympic moments comes from The Guardian.
How much were the original Olympics like the modern Games? is from The BBC.
“Science Of The Summer Olympics” is a series of videos NBC has produced with the National Science Foundation.
INFOGRAPHIC: Olympic Physics is from NPR.
13 Olympic Moments That Have Changed History
The evolution of the Summer Olympic Games poster
What Are The Worst Olympic Sports? is from Five Thirty Eight.
How The Olympic Medal Tables Explain The World is from NPR.
YOU WON’T FIND A BETTER GROWTH MINDSET QUOTE THAN THIS ONE FROM A RUGBY STAR
Who dominates the Olympics? Depends on the sport. is from The Washington Post.
The Olympic Museum has lots of lesson plans.
The ISL Collective has lots of free ELL worksheets.
ESOL Courses has lots of Olympic interactives.
Ready, Set, Go! – Excellent ESL Activities about the Olympics is from Busy Teacher.
The Olympic Games is a lesson from Lingua House.
The Dark History of the Olympic Torch Relay is from TIME.
New on @ReutersGraphics: “Paris 2024 Olympics” https://t.co/iKlaNDnJ9L
— Interactive Journalism (@InteractiveFeed) July 23, 2024
New on @nytimes: “How Fast Is That Going?” https://t.co/O4iCie5Qb5
— Interactive Journalism (@InteractiveFeed) July 24, 2024
New on @nytimes: “Breaking in New Sports at the Olympics” https://t.co/4oz073YuX3
— Interactive Journalism (@InteractiveFeed) July 25, 2024
New on @nytimes: “Have the Olympics Ever Been This Dangerous?” https://t.co/NKlErzcLcP
— Interactive Journalism (@InteractiveFeed) July 25, 2024
New on @WashingtonPost: “Olympics quiz: Pick the right anthems, flags and avoid a diplomatic incident” https://t.co/SgUZORWL6H
— Interactive Journalism (@InteractiveFeed) July 26, 2024
Six Olympic athletes described the delicate mechanics behind their chosen event. Here’s how they do what they do. https://t.co/nTBPCkn0By
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 29, 2024
Sunisa Lee, the all-around gold medalist in women’s gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics, overcame personal strife, family expectations and serious illness to get to Paris. “A year ago, I didn’t even think this was possible,” she said. https://t.co/cVSfBmTDpn
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 29, 2024
The move that may take Sunisa Lee’s name.
Gift link: https://t.co/Tfx8isQyYi
— Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social (@cara__jackson) July 28, 2024
New on @WashingtonPost: “Simone Biles made her name in women’s gymnastics with these skills” https://t.co/McUkd5puaZ
— Interactive Journalism (@InteractiveFeed) July 28, 2024
New on @nytimes: “How Team U.S.A. Won the Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Gold” https://t.co/LM2IWlPXOt
— Interactive Journalism (@InteractiveFeed) July 30, 2024
New on @WashingtonPost: “How synchronized swimming became a contact sport” https://t.co/n5hAXSvpJe
— Interactive Journalism (@InteractiveFeed) August 4, 2024
Ranked: Athletes With the Most Olympic Medals
Ranked: the countries with the highest number of all-time gold medals in Summer Olympic sports
Here Are the Olympic Moments We Won’t Forget is from The NY Times.
How Fast Is That Going? is a NY Times interactive.
Extreme heat threatens future Summer Olympics is from Axios.
Thank you Larry! This is a wonderful resource!